Joan Didion Dead - Cherished Author Dies at 87
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justjared.comJoan Didion has sadly died. The beloved, prolific California-born writer, known for works like essay collection Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Play It as It Lays and the National Book Award-winning The Year of Magical Thinking, passed away on Thursday (December 23) at her home in Manhattan, via the New York Times.
The cause of death was Parkinson’s disease, according to the email sent by Paul Bogaards, an executive at her publisher, Knopf.
In addition to her essays and books, she also co-wrote screenplays for films like True Confessions, A Star Is Born, The Panic in Needle Park and Up Close and Personal.
Essay collections, including 1979′s The White Album, explored the idea and secured her position as one of the top writers and observers of
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